Aerobic Endurance is also a specialist fitness requirement needed to play football. The main reason for this being, taking part in football requires a player to walk, jog, run and sprint, constantly with a minimal amount of rest for a whole 90 minutes. A further reason to suggest footballers needs a good aerobic system is so they can perform high intensity sprints, jumps, challenges and tackles. An example of this is a centre midfielder jumping to head the ball, making a tackle then sprinting all within a minimum amount of time. Aerobic Endurance is also used in football to improve a player’s skill and control. By having a good aerobic endurance this also will aid your footballing ability. If you are attempting to control or the pass the ball in the last five minutes of a game while out of breath it will make the skill a lot harder to perform. However, if a player is able to keep going while not out of breath then, it will improves a player’s confidence and ability.
Finally aerobic endurance is also a vital fitness requirement when taking part in long distance track athletics. Having a good, efficient aerobic system is important to 5,000 and 10,000 metre runners as it enable the runner to provide and sustain the energy needed to last the race. By having an efficient aerobic system this allows the athlete to sustain maximum performance close to their limited capacity. A further reason to suggest the importance of aerobic endurance to a long distance track runner is that it allows an athlete to save energy for when they need to sprint to the finish line.
Muscular Endurance
A further fitness component that is used in all three sports is Muscular Endurance. When taking part in a game of tennis their are many reasons why a participant requires good muscular endurance. Muscular Endurance is important to tennis because a player not only requires strength to hit or run to the ball but it is vital they can dot his over and over again during a single point, game, set or match. Another reason to suggest the importance of muscular endurance to tennis is that a player must have a good muscular endurance so that the body can quickly recover from strenuous points or sets. Furthermore it is also required so the player is ready to perform again and again with minimum rest in between points.
Muscular Endurance is also a vitally important fitness requirement in football. Muscular Endurance is particularly important for a footballer because a player needs the ability to perform lots of repetitions (sprinting) against a resistant for a prolonged period of time. This means for example performing sprints for a prolonged period of time, with minimum amount of rest. An additional reason to back up Muscular Endurance importance to football is that each player has to be able to sustain maximum performance for e.g. sprinting, jogging, sprinting walking throughout the whole ninety minutes of the game.
Finally Muscular Endurance is also a vital fitness requirement when taking part in long distance track athletics. This is important for a long distant track runner because they have to be able to perform or sustain maximum performance throughout the whole of an event. An example of this is keeping the same pace throughout an 10000M